To:HIS MOTHER

Published:First published in 1929 in the journalProletarskaya RevolyutsiyaNo. 11.

      Sent from Pskov to Moscow.

      Printed from the original.Source:Lenin
	  Collected Works,

      Progress Publishers,1977,

      Moscow,Volume 37,

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March 15, 1900

Ireceived your letter a few days ago, Mother dearest.
I sent an application about Nadya on the 10th and shall
soon be expecting an
answer.[2]If the worst comes to the
worst and the answer is unfavourable, I really am thinking
of asking you (if you are quite well enough) to go there and
see about it personally. That, however, is a matter for the
future—we’ll see when the time comes.

Ihave receivedZhizn, so do not send me
another.[3]

Pleaseask Anyuta to sendArchivtoNadya(I have a
second copy here for the time being). I am not doing too
badly here, I go frequently to the library and do some
walking.

Excusethe short letter—I am late for the post.

Manykisses for you and regards to all.

Yours,V. U.

Thereis a doctor here who is well spoken of—I want
to see him about my catarrh. They say there are various
epidemics about in St. Petersburg now that spring is

approaching.[1]

[1]Thisis a reference to the arrests made there at the time.——Lenin

[2]OnMarch 10, 1900, Lenin applied to the Director of the Police
Department for permission for Nadezhda Krupskaya to serve
her term of police surveillance in Pskov instead of Ufa Gubernia.
The request was refused.

[3]Lenin’ssecond   article   “Capitalism  in  Agriculture  (Kautsky’s
Book and Mr. Bulgakov’s Article)” was published inZhiznNo. 2
for 1900. It is  probable that this is the issue referred to in the
letter.